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About Groups

 

Groups are used to define common application resource accesses for a set of users.  This way, you can predefine the levels of access for various employee functions and then assign those functions to users, so that they have appropriate access.  This method is of assigning access should be used by most companies, and is especially useful for companies with heavy employee turnover.  A number of user groups have been provided for your convenience.  Feel free to use these groups, or create your own as necessary.

 

 

In this Topic

 Field by Field Help - Group List

 Field by Field Help - Update Groups screen

 Q & A - Groups

 

 

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Field by Field Help - Group List

 

Add A Security Group

Click this button to create a new security group record.

 

Update Security Group

Click this button to modify the highlighted security group.

 

Delete Group

Click this button to delete the highlighted security group .

 

Group Application Access

Click this button to view the applications and this user's status with those applications.

 

Group Users

Click this button to view the users that do and do not belong to this group.

 

Copy Access From One Group to Another Group

Click this button to copy the accesses of one group to another.  Especially useful when you have several groups with similar security access.

 

Show custom security groups only

Check this box to show only those security groups that have been created by a user.  Default security groups will be hidden.

 

 

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Figure 17-3.        Group List screen

 

 

 

Field by Field Help - Update Groups screen

 

Group No.

Displays the auto-generated number for this group record.

 

Name

Enter a new name for this security group.

 

Location

Enter the specific location for this group or ALL if you do not want the group to be limited to a specific location.

 

Group

Defines the permanence of this group.  Select Group for Permanent and Temporary for a temporary security group.

 

Expire Date

If temporary, select the date that this group's login abilities should expire.

 

 

 

 

Q & A - Groups

 

Q01.Can an individual user be part of more than one group?
A01.Yes.  Users can belong to as many groups as is available in Security Administrator.  The user will then be given access to the total resources that all of the groups they have joined have.  For example, if group A has access to resources 1 and 2, and group B has access to resources 1, 3, and 4, then an individual belonging to both groups will have access to resources 1, 2, 3, and 4.

 

Q02.What if a change needs to be made to one user's security profile in the group?
A02.If that user needs more resources opened to them in the program, those resources can be added to the user's individual security profile.  If the user needs resources removed from their profile, a new group and or individual profile will need to be made for that user as the security in the program is additive only.  In other words, the total security on an individual user's profile is the result of the adding of the user's security profile and the group security profile to which that user belongs.

 

Q03.Why would our company need temporary groups?
A03.Temporary groups are good for temp employees, auditors, or other people who would need access to the program, but only for a limited amount of time.

 

Q04.        I don't see my question here.  Where else can I get information?

A04.Visit our website's Technical Support section.

 



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